# Staff Software Engineer - Menu Platform at Otter

- Company: Otter
- What the company does: Otter matches parents who need care with trusted sitters in their community, on-demand. Backed by Sequoia and a16z.
- Company website: https://withotter.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $224K to $284K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/otter/jobs/8486303002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/otter-staff-software-engineer-menu-platform/

## About the role

Our Menu Platform (featured on our tech blog ) is the central hub for comprehensive menu management. It streamlines operations, enhances the customer experience, and provides a single source of truth for menus across online delivery channels such as DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, etc., and Point-of-Sale (POS) systems such as Square, Toast, Clover, NCR, etc.

## What they're looking for

- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is required
- Experience: 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Technical Mastery:
- Strong background in building scalable and reliable distributed systems
- Experience building large-scale, high-traffic applications
- Proficiency in Java and modern backend development practices

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